BLESSING OF JULY 5^TH, 2003. FIRST SATURDAY OF MONTH,
AT PRADO NUEVO OF EL ESCORIAL (MADRID)

THE BLESSED VIRGIN:

My daughter, I am going to give you an especial blessing for the day of darkness and for dying people.

Raise all your objects; all will be blessed for the day of darkness and for dying people.

I bless you as the Father blesses you, through the Son and with the Holy Spirit.

COMMENTATY UPON MESSAGES

November 13th, 1981

(Continuation)

In the last part of the message, Our Blessed Virgin speaks to Luz Amparo; She comforts her with Her presence and encourages her to remove every shadow of doubt about her apparitions (We should remember that this message took place at the beginning of these private apparitions): "My daughter, my daughter, here you have me, my daughter, how was I- your Holy Mother- not going to come? Do not doubt that I will appear again, my daughter, you will go on seeing me".

God teaches as a good pedagogue- the best of all- and He adapts himself to man’s capabilities; He can wait, He waits for suitable times, and He acts wisely upon souls in order to take the best fruit from each one. He has been polishing Luz Amparo with the chisel of suffering while He was teaching her patiently; his sanctifying and saving action has found a docile instrument in her.

In this message, Our Lady reminds her of the extraordinary grace She has just given her: contemplating her mother, who died when Luz Amparo was sixteen months old, in a celestial vision. " I am your Mother, you must be happy, my daughter, because I have given you the prize of seeing your earthy mother; she is glorious in Heaven, thanks to your prayers".

In the following lines, She talks about humbleness as a main virtue, and She asks it of her and all of us: " Yes, my daughter, keep on acting humbly, keep on obeying, and that glorious day will come and you will be with her, my daughter (…); all those around you must be humble too (…); tell them to humble themselves because only humble souls can please me, my daughter. All souls must be humble, all of them need to be humble, if they want their deeds please me". Since She frequently emphasizes this virtue, we have taken some of the many quotations found in Prado Nuevo’s messages:

• Our Lady joins it to love and sacrifice: " Sacrifice is very important, as well as humbleness and charity" (April 30^th, 1983). Afterwards, She says in a similar way: "sacrifice and penance, my children, together with humbleness and charity" (July 7^th, 1984). She also points out: " Humbleness is what I ask of you, and love your neighbour; if you do not love for your neighbour, you do not love God" (March 7^th, 1983)
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  She proposes it as the basis of the other virtues: "Humbleness I ask you; without humbleness, my daughter, the rest of virtues cannot be practiced" (July 6^th, 1991)

• It is a requirement to be a Jesus’ disciple: " All of you, joined by the same spirit of the Gospel, spirit of poverty, humbleness, obedience to the holy Mother Church, will be called Christ’s disciples (April 6^th, 1991). Consequently, this statement implies setting him as our pattern of behaviour: " Following Christ is not only talking about Him; it is imitating his poverty, his chastity and his humbleness" (June 23^rd, 1984)

• It is a demanded virtue for those who wish to join the community that She and her Son have asked for: "I want all those who wish to join this community to fulfil these rules: silence, obedience, humbleness, charity (…). I want none of you, my children, to think that you are better than the others; if you think you are greater, you must lower yourselves. In this community, there has to be spirit of humbleness; proud people, haughty people cannot receive the grace (September 5^th, 1987)

• It is necessary to get to celestial abodes: " You, my daughter, be humble; without humbleness, you cannot enter Heaven" (March 27^th, 1983)

• She sets it against pride, which is the opposite vice: " I ask you for humbleness; Hell is also full of sins of pride" (May 1^st, 1983)

• Our Lord and Our Lady ask constantly for acts of humbleness, especially kissing the ground: "Kiss the ground, my daughter, for my consecrated souls; it is an act of humbleness to make amends for all the world’s sins" (March 5^th, 1983)

• Therefore, it is a very important virtue: " From the beginning I am asking you for humbleness and I am going to finish by asking you for humbleness. All those who want to be the first must always take the last place, my children" (June 10^th, 1984)